A Cinema Not in Ruins: Gender and History in Two Nicaraguan Short Films

Authors

Aarón Lacayo, Gettysburg CollegeFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2022

Department 1

Spanish

Department 2

Latin American Studies

Abstract

With a legacy of revolutionary political cinema, Nicaraguan women directors continue to produce bold films decades after the triumph of the Sandinista Revolution in 1979 and the subsequent Civil War, which officially ended in 1990. This article offers pedagogical strategies for teaching two Nicaraguan short films, Blanco organdí (White Organdy, 1998) by María José Álvarez and Martha Clarissa Hernández and Cinema Alcázar (1997) by Florence Jaugey.

Comments

The book containing this chapter is available from the publisher's website.

Recommended Citation

Lacayo, Aaron. "A Cinema Not in Ruins: Gender and History in Two Nicaraguan Short Films." InTeaching Central American Literature in a Global Context. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2022.